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Breakbeats, Pop Hooks & Melodies Breakbeats, Pop Hooks & Melodies: June’s New Albums Reviewed Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With the Brexit referendum looming most people in the UK are asking themselves, ‚How would a separation from the rest of Europe affect the price of vinyl?‘ The simple answer is that the price will rise! The main reason for this is that most of the pressing plants are based on the mainland, (and that’s not even figuring in having to pay import duty on those desired new 12inches on Kompakt, Workshop or Ostgut Ton). A convincing argument if ever there was one for any music fan in the British Isles to vote REMAIN. By JOHN BITTLES But, enough of politics! This week we have reviews of great new albums by Lone, New Order, James K, Lawrence, Jessy Lanza, Kris Wadsworth, Stabil Elite and more. So, without further ado,let us begin… After the gorgeous house tones of Reality Testing, electronic maverick Lone AKA Matt Cutler makes a welcome return to the album format with the rave and breakbeat inspired Levitate. Out now on R&S Records, the album is a short but sweet listening experience. Containing nine tracks with a total running time of just over 30 minutes, no one could ever accuse Levitate of outstaying its welcome. Apparently inspired by aural hallucinations caused by a severe fever, the album is a fast, frantic 90s inspired blast. Yet, Levitate never resorts to bland programming, or resting on the laurels of a 4/4 beat, as each and every track contains both musicality and warmth. For example, the opening salvo of Alpha Wheel and Backtail Was Heavy feature frenetic breakbeats and rave stabs, yet they also have a glorious sense of melody which can’t help but raise a smile. This is a theme continued throughout the record; Vapour Trails‚ blissed out techno is a joy to the ears, Triple Helix recalls the glory days of drum n‘ bass, while the fab Sea Of Tranquillity’s laidback breaks bring the likes of LTJ Bukem to mind. Available now on limited blue vinyl, this is pretty much essential for any music fan! 9/10. As close to a bona fide popstar as you are ever likely to hear on UK electronic Breakbeats, Pop Hooks & Melodies: June’s New Albums Reviewed label Hyperdub, Jessy Lanza’s reverb-drenched production and pitched vocals are both aurally thrilling and catchy as hell. Debut LP Pull My Hair Back utilized the spaciousness of the post dubstep sound and an outsider pop sense of the surreal to create something fantastically trippy, funky and strange. To record the follow-up LP Jessy returned to her home town with production partner Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys. The result, Oh No, is a record which finds the artist in playful, confident form, with the tone shifting from introspective electronica to Prince-style funk jams with aplomb. Opener New Ogi is a light, airy, electronic sonic dirge which recalls the alien pop music created by the likes of Grimes. From here, VV Violence is a funky-assed beast built for Hoxton basements and Oceana dance floors alike, It Means I Love You sounds simultaneously deranged and cute, while Could Be U recalls the stilted majesty of FKA Twigs. Leftfield pop music which touches on techno, RnB, funk and soul, Oh No is undeniably ‚different‘, yet it’s also inviting, and great. 9/10. Hamburg label Dial Records may be best known for releasing sublime deep house music by the likes of Efdemin, Pantha Du Prince and DJ Richard, but they are also prepared to pitch the odd curve ball from time to time. Case in point is the Grouper-style electronic folk stirrings of Pet, the stunning debut solo album by James K. In a recent interview with electronic mag Resident Advisor the artist claimed “Pet reflects my mental state during its production. As a person, I was owned, objectified and hurt by others and that wound I then unwittingly internalized. I turn to my music as a way to dissect these thoughts”. The results are magnificently evocative, conjuring vividly realised worlds in all but the most unimaginative of souls. With some songs sounding simultaneously intimate and grand, the album’s electronic soundscapes merge perfectly with the desolate, almost gospel-style vocals to create something which lingers long in the mind. The minimal musical backing which amounts to a bass pulse here, a strange clank there, allows James K’s voice to take centre stage in an album within which you will happily lose yourself for days. 9/10. Breakbeats, Pop Hooks & Melodies: June’s New Albums Reviewed Speaking of Dial Records, mid-May saw label boss Lawrence serve up the deep, textured and beautifully melodic Yoyogi Park to finish off his trilogy of albums for Japan’s always wonderful Mule Musiq. The series, which began in 2009 with the smooth house of Until Then, Goodbye reached its pinnacle in 2014 with the lush ambiance of A Day In The Life. For the trilogy’s closer Lawrence re- introduces the beats to explore more dance floor-focused waters. If you like your house music melodic, subtle and mid-paced then you have probably already purchased this LP. Marble Star opens the record in fine style, its shimmering synths underpinned by a deep bass throb. Nowhere Is A Place, Tensui and Ava up the melodic factor and hush the beats to create a calm, tranquil vibe, and successfully pave the way for the dramatic swirl of Nightlife, an undisputed highlight of the LP. From here, Simmer is a glacial shot of electronic beauty, Clouds And Arrows is the stuff of warm-up DJs wet dreams, while Illuminated ends things with some gorgeously romantic keys. Ambient music you can dance to? Yes, please! 9/10. If Lawrence’s romantic house fills you full of horror then the rugged beats on Infiltrator, the new album by techno veteran Kris Wadsworth, may well be more your cup of tea. Out now on Jimmy Edgar’s Ultramajic label, the LP’s eight tracks are raw, tough, analogue and devastatingly good. Seriously, if you aren’t dancing your pants off by the end of Side A then your poor legs deserve a new brain. The title track gets us off to a blistering start, its vocodered vocals, deep, echoing beats and electro crunch recalling the likes of Transparent Sound or Radioactive Man at their best. Further in, Gearbox builds slowly but surely until it reaches a thrilling finale, Rhumba proves once and for all that robots really do understand funk, while Milano is a playful stomper which bangs in all the right places, and then it bangs some more. In short, this is a fantastic album where electro, funk and techno collide to create a dance floor-focused delight. Go Buy! 9/10. Breakbeats, Pop Hooks & Melodies: June’s New Albums Reviewed Having made a re-energized and revitalized return last year with Music Complete, indie legends and acid house pioneers New Order are sounding both essential and relevant once again. Even minus the smooth bass lines of Peter Hook, the album is the perfect example of a band who have rediscovered their groove. With Complete Music (see what they did there?) the band revisit said LP, releasing a bumper 2CD set of extended versions of its songs. Maintaining and enhancing the electronic feel of the source material, Complete Music is a pretty special release in its own right and is not just for completists or New Order diehard fans. Restless sets the pace, it’s stadium-sized guitars working in tandem with Bernard Sumner’s lyrics to create an epic slice of indie rock. From here, Singularity is a dark electronic post-punk groove, Tutti Frutti has a disco bassline to die for, People On The High Line couldn’t sound more vintage New Order if it tried, while The Game is 80s inspired synth-rock. Proving once and for all that bigger really is better, Complete Music will enliven anybody’s day. 8/10. With their debut album Douze Pouze, German art-rockers Stabil Elite created a stand-out record which successfully combined the heady beats of techno with the drugged-out arrogance of rock to produce a strange, yet thrilling brew. For their long-awaited follow-up, Spumante, the band rein in their more outlandish moments to give us an album which is mid-paced and, whisper it, relaxed. Opening track Fairlight CA for instance has a funky bass strut which lends the track a sedate, almost disco feel, bringing to mind Can lost in a disco ball. Next track Alles Wird Gut introduces a Kenny G saxophone halfway through and STILL manages to sound cool, while, most surprisingly of all, Tief Im Westen would actually sit quite nicely on an Ibiza chill-out comp. From here, 4D introduces some Autechre-style IDM glitches and beats, Zeitzonen recalls the melancholy rock of Deus, Jugend Ohne Gott could be a lost Pet Shop Breakbeats, Pop Hooks & Melodies: June’s New Albums Reviewed Boys song, while Welt Hinter Glas has a great dub reggae feel. More focused and, perhaps, less adventurous than their celebrated debut, yet with Spumante, Stabil Elite reconfirm that they are one of the most exciting rock bands around. 8/10. Born from the demo cassette and DIY culture of the early 80s indie music scene, Sharon Signs To Cherry Red: Independent Women 1979-1985 is a jam-packed 2CD compilation of lo-fi, guitar led gems. Containing a wealth of obscurities which will be unknown to all but the most dedicated of aural geeks, the album’s 45 songs contain a naivety and charm all but eradicated from today’s money and success obsessed music world.
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